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Enrollment
476
Middle
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAINT CROIX CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550606000673
Saint Croix Central Middle
1295 Vine St, Hammond, WI 54015 · (715) 796-2256 · St. Croix County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
87 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 121 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 111 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 125 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 119 | 25% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Saint Croix Central Middle→Saint Croix Central High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Saint Croix Central School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -7.5pp since 2023
Math
66.9%
WI avg 54.8% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.7% | 66.9% |
| 2023-24 | 69.2% | 70.7% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
69.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Saint Croix Central Middle
Saint Croix Central Middle's state test result (69.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Croix Central Middle this school | 476 | 18.3% | 69.8% |
| Hortonville Middle Hortonville | 464 | 19.0% | 67.3% |
| Kiel Middle Kiel | 338 | 18.9% | 70.2% |
| Milton Middle Milton | 509 | 21.8% | 61.5% |
| Mount Horeb Middle Mount Horeb | 503 | 14.7% | 65.8% |
| Fox River Middle Waterford | 510 | 18.4% | 68.2% |
Matched among Wisconsin middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Saint Croix Central Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In St. Croix County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #55 of 323 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #104 of 327 ▼ 41 | #4 of 6 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #110 of 327 ▼ 67 | #4 of 6 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #131 of 389 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #158 of 265 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.2% | #224 of 265 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.3% | #274 of 323 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #163 of 176 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
476
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
+247% since 1990-91, when it was 137
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 476 | 35.2 | 13.5:1 | 18% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 35.7 | 13.4:1 | 21% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 34 | 14.1:1 | 20% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 26% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 32.6 | 14.9:1 | 14% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 19% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 25% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 236 | 15 | 15.7:1 | 10% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 137 | 9 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saint Croix Central Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (486 to 476); teachers up 8% (32.6 to 35.2).
About Saint Croix Central Middle
Saint Croix Central Middle is a middle school in Hammond, Wisconsin, reachable at (715) 796-2256. The school runs grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 476 students. Middle schools in Wisconsin average about 381 students, which makes this school 25% above average.
District-wide, Saint Croix Central School District has 4 schools and 1,866 students.
The share of students at Saint Croix Central Middle who are White is 89%. Enrollment also includes 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. St. Croix County residents are about 92% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 20, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.5:1. The school has 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Federal data show 18% of students (87) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Saint Croix Central Middle earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 76% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
The model predicts 66.4% for a school in Wisconsin with Saint Croix Central Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Saint Croix Central Middle posts 69.8%.
St. Croix County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $103,046 a year, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Saint Croix Central Middle shares St. Croix County with 30 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Saint Croix Virtual Academy Inc, is about 0.7 miles. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Saint Croix Central Middle ranks 1st in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 459 (2020-21) to 476 (2024-25).
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St. Croix County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,033
Census ACS
Median income
$103,046
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
14,266 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Saint Croix Central School District
- Saint Croix Central ElementaryElementary · 629 students
- Saint Croix Central HighHigh · 486 students
- Saint Croix Virtual Academy IncCombined · 275 students
Other schools in Hammond
- Saint Croix Central HighHigh · 486 students
- Saint Croix Virtual Academy IncCombined · 275 students
Nearby schools
- Saint Croix Virtual Academy Inc0.7 mi · 275
- Saint Croix Central High0.7 mi · 486
- Greenfield Elementary2.8 mi · 770
- Baldwin-Woodville High2.9 mi · 533
- Saint Croix Central Elementary5.6 mi · 629
- Viking Middle7.7 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About Saint Croix Central MiddleHow large is Saint Croix Central Middle?
Saint Croix Central Middle enrolls approximately 476 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Saint Croix Central Middle serve?
Saint Croix Central Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Saint Croix Central Middle have?
Saint Croix Central Middle employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Saint Croix Central Middle?
Student demographics at Saint Croix Central Middle are roughly 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Saint Croix Central Middle?
Saint Croix Central Middle is overseen by Saint Croix Central School District in St. Croix County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.